Politics Prof. Larry Sabato, director of the University's Center for Politics, hosted a talk yesterday evening in Wilson Hall to present his assessment of the 2012 election. About 500 members of the University community attended the event, which came on the heels of yesterday's announcement by former Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., that he was suspending his presidential campaign.
Sabato said he and his team anticipated Santorum's loss six months ago, so the development did not affect their initial prediction which pegged former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the inevitable Republican nominee.
"He had no chance of being the nominee," Sabato said of Santorum. "He was simply hurting Romney. It's difficult to run if you lose your home state twice
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